Just waiting for the laundry to finish and finally got around to checking out your blog (lots of people had mentioned it to me, and I think you've mentioned it in your nice entry on Mike Todd's memorial page.

I enjoyed reading this, it took me back a ways. I can hear Jim saying "What does he mean MIDDLE AGED! -- I just looked old because Brad was just out of diapers!"

But there always was something of the senior statesman about Jim, even when I first knew him when he was a lad of 27 or so. Anyhow, it was nicely put.

And where on earth did you guys dig up those old ads? When I collected Jim's stuff from the hospital there were the two ads (the other one as baseball players -- suited Jim better) in with the pile. Don't know if someone brought them to the hospital or if he'd printed them to take in to show off to the nurses. Anyhow they're now on the fridge.

Vicki